You might have heard of Submariner on the Brighton music scene – during their short time together as a band they have certainly made their mark, playing alongside notable up and coming acts such as Fatherson, Bleanavon, The Wholls, and Raglans. They’re ravaging the south coast with an ambient…
After sell out shows around the UK and sharing the stage with the likes of Nas and MF Doom, there is no doubt Benjamin Coyle-Larner (aka Loyle Carner) is leading the way in UK hip-hop. Staying away from the gangster posture hip-hop has become known for, Loyle Carner’s songs…
Shortly after Bombay Bicycle Club announced their hiatus, bassist Ed Nash unveiled his solo project, Toothless. Nash is a musician who has already achieved a lot during his lifetime (toured the world, released a chart-topping album and sold around half a million records in the UK alone), but now…
When you have the blues, when you feel it's all crumbling around you, there's really only one way to go. When you think the odds are stacked against you, you still got to believe. Otherwise, what is there? Having traded the cacophony, restlessness and expense of London for…
It’s quite rare that you meet a group who hail from the pebbled shores of Brighton without at first relocating here. Grymm fracture that rule somewhat having met at the local secondary school, Dorothy Stringer. The band have now released a smattering of singles, each one delicately demonstrating…
Is it grunge, alt-rock or indie? I can’t quite put my finger on it, but the unique sound Mindofalion resonate certainly holds itself high with the very best music coming out of Brighton’s vibrant scene. With brothers Archie and Jack Brewis-Lawes joining forces with Sam Evans, the trio have…
Laish is the song-writing project of Danny Green, a sensitive, introspective singer-songwriter, now based in London, who we’ve been following for some time at Brightonsfinest. Formed in 2008, while he was also drumming for Sons of Noel and Adrian, Green’s band quickly became part of the much-feted Willkommen Collective,…
Having released a lo-fi DIY EP early in 2015, back when it was just George Godwin and Peter Martin, Grapefruit Moon are now a four-piece band, also enlisting the help of sound engineer Jay Pocknell. We have recently been gifted with the release of their debut singles ‘Cotton Blue’…
Birdeatsbaby are one of Brighton’s most outward looking groups having, from the very early days, skilfully used the internet to get their music out to a wider audience. Heavily stylised YouTube music videos and, more recently, funding platforms like Patreon, have helped them to reach and unite fans on…
Rob Smoughton’s Black Peaches produce a masterclass in southern boogie; melding funk, country, Latin and psychedelic sounds with a world of influences from his obsessive love for collecting records. Starting out in 80s new wave act Scritti Politti and going on to being one of the early members…